PHILADELPHIA — History’s greatest blast of sports-marketing genius was the NBA’s successful de-stigmatization of losing basketball. So the Sixers-Lakers game Monday at the Wells Fargo Center was that movement’s greatest mom...

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DETROIT >> Many tractor-trailers on the nation’s roads are driven faster than the 75 mph their tires are designed to handle, a practice that has been linked to wrecks and blowouts but has largely escaped the attention of highway officials.

Lifestyle

DEAR ABBY >> My husband and I were chatting recently and the subject of sperm donation came up. He surprised me by saying he’s vehemently against it, and then compared it to selling your body as in prostitution. He also mentioned he thinks it’s disgusting because any kids we would potentially have might end up dating their half-siblings. We let the issue drop, but Abby, I have a secret.

High school softball

TOWAMENCIN — It’s been kind of a hectic start to the softball season this year. Rain and snow have forced most teams to not only postpone games, but practices as well as they try to prepare for the start of the spring season.